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New York (AFP) - To the untrained eye, it might look like just another used napkin. But the serviette, expected to fetch up to $635,000, was actually soccer legend Lionel Messi's springboard to greatness at FC Barcelona, and records the promise of a contract made to him at the tender age of 13. The napkin has gone on show in New York to drum up interest, ahead of the start of bidding on March 18, against a backdrop of soaring interest in soccer memorabilia. Though officially estimated to go for between $380,000 and $635,000, Ian Ehling, the head of fine books and manuscripts at Bonhams New Yor...
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Miami (AFP) - Without a win under its belt since May, Inter Miami is an unlikely candidate to be crowned Major League Soccer's hottest team -- but that was before Lionel Messi came to town. Since singing with the Florida club last month, the Argentine superstar has lit up anticipation around both the team and US professional soccer at large, especially among Miami's many South American residents. Inter's regular season games are sold out, new stands are being built to expand its stadium's capacity, and the overall soccer mood is buoyant. Call it the Messi effect. As his plane touched down on ...
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Buenos Aires (AFP) - World number two Carlos Alcaraz, who missed four months with injuries, cruised into the final of his comeback event on Saturday at the ATP Argentina Open. The 19-year-old Spaniard who captured last year's US Open title dispatched compatriot Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2, 6-2 in 77 minutes to book a Sunday championship date with Britain's Cameron Norrie. Top seed Alcaraz is playing in his first tournament since last year's Paris Masters after suffering an abdominal tear and in January said he would miss the Australian Open with a right hamstring injury. Just reaching the clay...
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New York (AFP) - An auction of the jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored twice against England in the 1986 World Cup, including the infamous "hand of God" goal, kicked off Wednesday with a bid of over $5 million. Sotheby's is selling the blue number 10 Argentina shirt in an online sale that runs until May 4. A few hours after bidding opened, the site showed that a first offer of £4 million ($5.2 million) -- matching the low end of the auction house's pre-sale estimate -- had been registered. That would set a new record price for a football jersey at auction. The record for a game-worn s...
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